单词 | sworn |
释义 | swornWord family noun swearing sweareradjective sworn swearyverb swear sworn1 /swɔːn $ swɔːrn/ verb x-refthe past participle of swear swear 的过去分词 sworn2 adjectiveadj 1. sworn enemies x-reftwo people or groups of people who will always hate each other 不共戴天的死敌 Examples from the Corpus sworn enemies• In the Fifties they were sworn enemies.• This killer dressed like a popinjay, sweetly singing a madrigal to men he knew were his sworn enemies.• It is a strange sister party which wants to see Labour's sworn enemies back in power.• Also playing a key role as protagonists and unlikely allies are two former sworn enemies, both ladinos.• More and more the sworn enemies of Tokugawa political power openly flouted Bakufu authority.• One minute they were sworn enemies, the next they were clinging together in fierce mutual desire. 2. sworn statement/evidence/testimony etc ENEMYa statement etc that someone makes after officially promising to tell the truth 宣誓后的陈述/证据/证词等 Examples from the Corpus sworn statement/evidence/testimony etc• This meant that sworn statements by Mitchell, Stans and others would not be made public before the election.• The application was based on a sworn statement from a lay midwife who said she attended his birth in La Paloma.• The reports were based on sworn statements of graduates of the camp, whose seven-month training including the use of explosives.• Years later her parents made a sworn statement testifying that the couple had met in July 1917.• This is confirmed by her not going against her sworn statement, unlawfully though it had been extracted from her. Examples from the Corpus sworn• It is a strange sister party which wants to see Labour's sworn enemies back in power.• More and more the sworn enemies of Tokugawa political power openly flouted Bakufu authority.• In the Fifties they were sworn enemies.• This killer dressed like a popinjay, sweetly singing a madrigal to men he knew were his sworn enemies.• For self-defence therefore the sworn foresters were allowed to carry bows and arrows in the forest.• Forest wardens, verderers, regarders, foresters and sworn jurors made presentments before them of offences against vert and venison.• She had done nothing criminal; she had merely broken a sworn promise.• Years later her parents made a sworn statement testifying that the couple had met in July 1917. |
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